Little Girls Patchwork Skirt

I’m so excited to be a designer at Moda Bake shop, this is my first post! My name is Melissa & I love to think of new creative ways to use fabric. Check out my blog, the Polkadot Chair…www.polkadotchair.blogspot.com. Or my pattern shop fourteen may for more fun ideas!

1-2 Wonderland Charm Packs (depending on size, I used 1, that did not include the t-shirt applique)

I was looking at this pattern and wondering- you say you did 20″ x 1.75 for the gather which is 7 charm squares, but then you use 14 squares because you have 7 in the front and 7 in the back- is this correct? That would then be a total of about 70 inches around instead of the 35 inches. Can you help me understand this?

I made 3 of these this past week! One for my step daughter (8 years old) and 2 for my nieces (3 years old and 18months). These skirts are darling! I love this idea and the instructions were very clear and super helpful.

To Betsy who was wondering about 35inches vs. 70inches/ 7 squares vs. 14 squares… I don't know a lot about sewing, but I can tell you that it works out having essentially 70inches/14 squares all together, I believe because the rows get gathered so much. Even for the littlest ones that I made for my nieces, I still used 7 squares across because their waists were about 18 inches around (instead of 20, like the girl in the pattern's).

I also made the waists adjustable by creating an opening in the side and using elastic with button holes cut in it. You just pull the elastic as tight as you need it and secure it with the button.

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